Input_slider value used in automation for a delayed switch off doesn't work

Configuration
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Folks,
I created an input_slider to define the minutes I wanna wait before I switch of my sonos on my bathroom. Just to keep it easy.

nachspielzeit:
    name: Nachspielzeit (min)
    icon: mdi:timer
    initial: 10
    min: 0
    max: 59
    step: 1

When I try to add this value to my trigger

##################################################################
# Needed Ressources
# sensor.vision_zp3111_multisensor_4in1_burglar_10_10
#
# notify.my_pushbullet
# media_player.bad
##################################################################
alias: "No Motion Notification im Bad"
trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.vision_zp3111_multisensor_4in1_burglar_10_10
  from: '8'
  to: '0'
  for:
    minutes: '{{ states.input_slider.nachspielzeit.state | int }}'
#    minutes: 5
action:
  - service: media_player.turn_off
    entity_id: media_player.bad
#  - service: notify.my_pushbullet
#    data:
#      message: "Motion im Bad beendet - Switch off Media Player"

can anybody help how to get it solved.

2

hass --script check_config

says:
2017-06-15 22:45:48 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up notify
2017-06-15 22:45:49 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [automation]: expected int for dictionary value @ data[‘trigger’][0][‘for’][‘minutes’]. Got None. (See ?, line ?). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/

3

Pretty sure ‘for:’ doesn’t support templates. Take a look here, seems like a very similar case with some work-arounds.

4

I use input_sliders too for time delays. The way I get around the “for” not being able to use templates is call a script and use a template in the delay action. It does require you to make a new automation to cancel the script if motion is detected. Let me know if you’re stuck and I can post an example later when I’m at my computer.

5

can you show a expample script

6

Here’s an automation I use to turn off the basement lights if there’s no motion in x minutes (which it gets from the input_slider. It calls a script and uses that delay time. If motion is detected while the script is in it’s delay period, the second automation turns the script off, thereby cancelling the automation to turn off the lights.

Here’s the automations (you don’t need to use the conditions, I just built some input_booleans as options):

  - alias: 'Basement Lights Timer Start'
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.in_the_basement_occupancy
      from: 'on'
      to: 'off'
    condition:
      condition: and
      conditions:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.basement_motion
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.guest_mode_basement
          state: 'off'
    action:
      service: script.turn_on
      entity_id: script.basement_motion
  - alias: 'Basement Lights Timer Cancel'
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.in_the_basement_occupancy
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    condition:
      condition: and
      conditions:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.basement_motion
          state: 'on'
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.guest_mode_basement
          state: 'off'
    action:
      service: script.turn_off
      entity_id: script.basement_motion

And the script:

  basement_motion:
    sequence:
      - delay: >-
          {% set duration = states.input_slider.basement_motion.state | int * 60 %}
          {% if duration > 0 %}
            {% set duration = duration - 1 %}
          {% endif %}
          {% set seconds = duration % 60 %}
          {% set minutes = (duration / 60)|int % 60 %}
          {% set hours = (duration / 3600)|int %}
          {{ [hours, minutes, seconds]|join(':') }}
      - service: light.turn_off
        data_template:
          entity_id:
            - light.basement_1
            - light.basement_2
            - light.basement_floor_lamp
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